OCZ 5-5-5-15?

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maeveth

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I am trying to overclock my system however I get lockups or BSOD with just about any boost to my FSB.

I have an E6600 with the stock HSF on an eVGA 680i board. My RAM is 2 x 1GB of OCZ PC6400 5-5-5-15.

I am thinking that it is mostly my RAM that is giving me issues. Also is it prob partially the stock HSF since im sure it is not that good.

Im thinking about upgrading to some 4-4-4-12 Corsair ram as well as either a Tuniq Tower or Ultra 120+. But I want to be sure that I dont maybe just have a bad CPU or something.

Anybody have any tips for me? Thanks in advance.
 
Memclock u must set manual and select 800 or 667mhz, and all memory settings set manual and set 5.0-5-5-15.
 
Your RAM isn't the problem, since it isn't any where near being overclocked yet. I would set a 1:1 ratio with your FSB and RAM, increase vCore to 1.4 and FSB to 333Mhz and you should be good to go. What sort of temperatures are you getting under load? Also, are you using the NB cooler w/ fan that came with your board?
 
Getting about 68-69C under load using Orthos which I know is a bit high. And yes I am using the Northbridge fan that came with the board.
 
maeveth said:
Getting about 68-69C under load using Orthos which I know is a bit high. And yes I am using the Northbridge fan that came with the board.
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Hmm, with those temperatures i wouldn't really consider overclocking without an aftermarket CPU cooler.
 
I got some boost out of my system with stability however I had to change my memory freq to 700, might work a bit higher but with a 1:1 FSB:mem ratio the system wont even POST correctly. Currently I have the FSB set at 1100. Since im running into this problem does that warrant a RAM upgrade?

And yea I plan on buying a Tuniq Tower, or would you recommend I wait and try to get an Ultra 120 PLUS?
 
maeveth said:
I got some boost out of my system with stability however I had to change my memory freq to 700, might work a bit higher but with a 1:1 FSB:mem ratio the system wont even POST correctly. Currently I have the FSB set at 1100. Since im running into this problem does that warrant a RAM upgrade?

And yea I plan on buying a Tuniq Tower, or would you recommend I wait and try to get an Ultra 120 PLUS?
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Your RAM still isn't being overclocked, correct? So memory shouldn't be causing any problems. What voltage do you have it set at? With your FSB at 1100 what frequency is your memory at?

The Tuniq Tower seems like a very nice cooler. I don't think the Ultra comes with fans, so you'd probably have to buy them seperately. An good alternative would be the Scythe Infinity, which you can add a second fan to later if you need extra cooling.
 
Yea I am actually just leaving the RAM at the 800 that its speced for right now.

My voltages are this:
CPU: 1.3v
Mem: 1.85v
FSB 1.2v
 
The guys over at HotHardware just did a review on this RAM and were overclocking it at 2.3v to good success. Here's the linky
 
Thanks

I know I don't need to but how much of a difference will 4-4-4-12 memory make? Also is it worth it to go above PC6400?
 
maeveth said:
Thanks

I know I don't need to but how much of a difference will 4-4-4-12 memory make?
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In real world performance, next to nothing; although you may notice a tiny difference with synthetic benchmarks. But buying RAM with tighter timings gives more headroom when overclocking since they can be loosened.
 
maeveth said:
Thanks

I know I don't need to but how much of a difference will 4-4-4-12 memory make? Also is it worth it to go above PC6400?
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it used to make a difference back in the days of SDRAM and the origional DDR but with the more recent core2s and DDRII timings are a moot point, lower is always better but by how much? now-a-days its a very small amount, you will never see a visual difference between 4-4-4-12 and 5-5-5-15 unless your looking at a benchmark program which gives you a number to compare by.
 
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